IN THE NEWS …
- Ancient Egyptian princesses weren’t just figureheads – their weapons reveal lives of skill and strength
- Two Premature Infants, Possibly Twins, Found Buried in an Abandoned Roman Latrine at Ephesus | Arkeonews
- West Bank site becomes World Heritage site despite Israel objections | The Independent
- ‘Extremely rare’ Roman military camp found in Slovakia holds hastily buried remains of Marcus Aurelius’ soldiers — with some dumped in wells | Live Science
- Moon baboon: New insight into the mind of ancient Egyptians
- Ancient Greek Sanctuary From Hellenistic Era Discovered Inside a Cave in Italy – GreekReporter.com
- Archaeologists uncover new funerary complex at Egypt’s Quesna necropolis
- ArtDependence | Roman Villa Unearthed in the U.K.
- Study Shows Extent of Damage to Historic Sites in Syria
- Archaeologists unearth rare Roman coin of Britain’s emperor Carausius on railway site | The Independent
- 2,300-Year-Old Ancient Greek Tomb Unearthed in Romania – GreekReporter.com
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- Plato, AI, and the art of persuasion: education through rhetoric revisited for the age of generative AI | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
- An experimental creative writing course: rewriting classical myths with ChatGPT | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
- ARCHAIC GREEK EPIC IN ITS BROADER CONTEXTS | The Classical Review | Cambridge Core
- Former UC Archaeologist Uncovered City of Legend Behind The Odyssey – Cincinnati Magazine
- To these enthusiasts, ancient Greek is a living language – CSMonitor.com
- Why Cicero’s life and times have never seemed more relevant | The Spectator
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
- A Cambridge Classics Professor on EVERYTHING you need to know before watching The Odyssey, including Zeus’ Law, the history of Troy and the film’s biggest change to the story | Daily Mail Online
- Classics scholars respond to Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’
- Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’: why a 3,000-year-old story still captivates us « Classics# « Cambridge Core Blog
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
- English teachers embrace new film adaptation of The Odyssey : NPR
- ‘The Odyssey’ Is About Western Moral Failure
- Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Modernizes Greek Hero | National Review
- Here’s what Greeks think of Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ (It’s their story, after all) | eKathimerini.com
- The Odyssey is For All of Us
- ‘The Odyssey’ echoes the Jewish story of homecoming | The Jerusalem Post
- Penelope, the original tradwife? – Apollo Magazine
- Explained: The controversy around Zendaya’s ancient earrings
- What The Odyssey reveals about ancient science — from botany to psychiatry
- Oldest copy of Homer’s Odyssey in book form shown at movie’s press tour | The Jerusalem Post
- Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ gets Homer right
- Nolan’s “Odyssey” Misses the Point | The Nation
- THE ODYSSEY Sends Gen Z Back to Homer’s Original Epic
- Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey movie has been hijacked by culture war ideologues
- Why We Still Can’t Get Enough of The Odyssey
- Artists Were Inspired by Homer’s Odyssey Long Before Christopher Nolan
AT THE MUSEUMS …
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- (4) Aeneid VII.406-510 – by publius vergilius maro
- The Burial of Horse-Taming Hektor: Ending the Iliad – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- An Ancient Historian’s Breakdown of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ – Tales of Times Forgotten
- De laatste jaren van Julius Caesar (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Classical Reading
- PaleoJudaica.com: Damage to Gaza’s antiquities sites
- PaleoJudaica.com: Was Isaiah’s voice in the wilderness or not?
- PaleoJudaica.com: What is happening in Sebastia?
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’abitato dell’età del Bronzo di via Agrippina a Faenza (RA)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Paesaggi d’Epiro: Studi di archeologia del paesaggio in Albania meridionale
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La formazione di Felsina/Bologna tra Bronzo Finale e prima Età del Ferro
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: BIRTH: Archeologia dell’infanzia nell’Italia preromana
FRESH PODCASTERY…
- 106: Persian Successions – Casting Through Ancient Greece – Apple Podcasts
- Who is the better general: Thr…–Ancient Warfare Podcast – Apple Podcasts
- 124: Ptolemaic Egypt – Sound a…–The Hellenistic Age Podcast – Apple Podcasts
STREAMING MEDIA …
- (337) Adapting the Odyssey: ‘Culture wars’ and the enduring legacy of Homer’s epic – YouTube
- (340) Ancient Historian Reviews Nolan’s ODYSSEY – YouTube
- (340) From Homer to Nolan | Costas Andreopoulos & Rosa Vasilaki – YouTube
- (340) Did Jesus Have Brothers and Sisters? – YouTube
- (340) Cicero’s Defense of Productive Leisure in the Late Republic | Peiyao Guo | Living Latin in NYC – YouTube
- (340) Torah Study and Schole: Leisure in the Ancient Jewish World | James Karlin | Living Latin in NYC – YouTube
BOOK REVIEWS…
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